MN DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS

MN Dental Jurisprudence
*general supervision Accurate Answer - The dentist has prior
knowledge and has given consent for the procedures being performed during
which the dentist is not required to be present in the dental office or on the
premises.

*indirect Accurate Answer - The dentist is in the office, authorizes the
procedures, and remains in the office while the procedures are being
performed by the allied dental personnel.

direct Accurate Answer - The dentist is in the dental office, personally
diagnoses the condition to be treated, personally authorizes the procedure,
and before dismissal of the patient, evaluates the performance of the allied
dental personnel.

personal Accurate Answer - The dentist is personally operating on a
patient and authorizes the allied dental personnel to aid in treatment by
concurrently performing supportive procedures.

DH, DT or DA must do these before administering nitrous Accurate
Answer - take a course with a minimum of *12 hours* total comprised of
didactic instruction, personally administering and managing at least *3*
individual supervised cases

who can place sealants after completing a course by a school accredited by the
commission on dental accreditation? Accurate Answer - DH, DT, DA

*WHO can give local anesthesia after completing a course on local anesthesia
from a school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
Accurate Answer - DH and DT (not DA)

*Dental hygienists and licensed dental assistants shall not take impressions
and bite registrations for _____________ of fixed and removable prostheses.
Accurate Answer - Final construction

*Before removal of bond material, a dental hygienist or licensed dental
assistant must successfully complete a course in the use of ____________ for the

,express purpose of the removal of bond material from teeth. Accurate
Answer - rotary instruments

*Scope of Practice* Accurate Answer - ---

DH and DA with restorative functions can place, contour, and adjust amalgam,
glass ionomers, and stainless steel crowns on class _______
(supragingival) Accurate Answer - Class I, II, V
- a dental hygienist or dental assistant must successfully complete a board
approved course on these specific restorative procedures.

application of pit and fissure sealants Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - indirect

*Administer LA Accurate Answer - DH - general

*monitor a patient on nitrous Accurate Answer - DH - General
LDA - Indirect

T/F -- DH or LDA shall NOT take impressions and bite registrations for the
FINAL construction of fixed and removable prostheses. Accurate
Answer - True

*Utilizing rotary instruments for the removal of bond material from teeth
Accurate Answer - DH - indirect
LDA - indirect

Performing any or all restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, &
adjusting amalgam, glass ionomers, and Class I and V supra composite
restorations Accurate Answer - DH - indirect
LDA - indirect

*managing and removing IV lines Accurate Answer - DH - indirect
LDA - indirect

*placing an IV line Accurate Answer - DH - direct
LDA - direct

,administering any medications or agents Accurate Answer - Personal
DH and RDA

*Perform preliminary charting including assessments and existing
restoration, determine the perio status, and formulate the DH tx plan in
coordination with DDS Accurate Answer - DH - general

*make referrals in consultation with DDS Accurate Answer - DH -
general

*complete prophy with scaling, root planing, and polishing restorations
Accurate Answer - DH - general

dietary and nutritional counseling Accurate Answer - DH - general

*replacement, cementation and adjustment of INTACT temporary restorations
Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - general

*remove overhangs Accurate Answer - DH - general

Complete preliminary charting of oral cavity and surrounding structures w/
exception of perio probing and assessment of the perio structure
Accurate Answer - LDA - general

of course DH can do this too, with probing

take photographs intra or extra orally Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - general

take vital signs Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - general

place temporary fillings Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - general

*cut arch wires, remove loose bands or brackets Accurate Answer - DH
- general
LDA - general

, *take X-rays Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - general

*take impressions for casts and bite registrations Accurate Answer -
DH - general
LDA - general

*place and remove ortho separators Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - general

*deliver vacuum-formed ortho retainers Accurate Answer - DH -
general
DA - general

*etch enamel surfaces; apply and adjust sealants Accurate Answer - DH
- general
LDA - indirect

*monitor a patient on nitrous oxide Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - indirect

*mechanical polishing clinical crowns (calculus must be removed by DDS or
DH before polishing) Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - indirect

*remove excess cement from inlays, crowns, bridges, ortho appliances with
HAND INSTRUMENTS Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - indirect

apply topical fluoride and bleaching agents prescribed by DDS
Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - indirect

*can a LDA or DH place a cavity liner or endo filler Accurate Answer -
no

place topical gel before injection Accurate Answer - DH - general
LDA - indirect